The Victoria Award (Swedish: Victoriapriset), earlier called the Victoria Scholarship[1] (Swedish: Victoriastipendiet) is awarded to a Swedish athlete (or pair of athletes) every year since 1979, on Öland, on the 14 July, the birthday of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden.
Victoria Award | |
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Awarded for | sporting award |
Date | 14 July 1979 |
Location | Borgholm |
Country | Sweden |
Presented by | Victoria of Sweden |
Website | https://victoriadagarna.se/victoriapriset/ |
Recipients of the Victoria Award edit
References edit
- ^ "The Crown Princess' birthday celebrations". Swedish Royal Court. 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
- ^ "Sarah Sjöström får Victoriastipendiet 2015". June 2015.
- ^ Ibraheem Alsalman (3 June 2019). "Hanna Öberg får Victoriapriset" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ^ Eliott Brennan (8 June 2022). "Årsjö makes history as first Swedish Para athlete to win Victoria Prize". Inside the Games. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ Ellen Hellmark (7 June 2023). "Erik Karlsson tilldelas Victoriapriset 2023" (in Swedish). SVT Sport. Retrieved 13 July 2023.